We Louvre The Carters

Still Processing

The New York Times

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Arts

4.8 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Beyonce and Jay-Z. Donald and Melania. Kim and Kanye. Harry and Meghan. We're compelled by the performance of marriage in culture. And with The Carters' new surprise album, "Everything Is Love," we wonder what it means for our beloved Beyonce -- and Jay-Z -- to position their marriage as a black cultural institution -- akin to the Huxtables or the Obamas -- that everyone should believe in. From writing their legacy into The Louvre in their "Apes**t" video to documenting the turmoil and triumph of their relationship in "Lovehappy," The Carters remind us that marriage, like everything, is performance -- and that matters. Discussed this week: "Everything is Love" (The Carters, 2018)Zerina Akers' InstagramVince Aletti's Interview with Madonna in Aperture 156 (Summer 1999)Deana Lawson, PhotographerJohn Edmonds, PhotographerCarrie Mae Weems, Photographer"Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on 2 December 1804" (Jacques-Louis David)

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0:00.0	I'm Jenna Wortham.
0:01.4	I'm Wesley Morris.
0:02.8	We're two culture writers at The New York Times.
0:06.8	This is still processing.
0:13.6	Hello.
0:14.6	Hey, Wesley.
0:16.0	Listen, we've got some hotness this week.
0:20.8	Jay-Z, Beyonce, everything is love.
0:24.2	Hashtag Black Love.
0:25.1	Their latest sneak attack, album release.
0:29.2	Or hers.
0:30.2	He doesn't do it that much.
0:32.2	Wow.
0:33.2	Spicy already.
0:34.2	OK.
0:34.7	Oh, I'm spicy.
0:35.7	Anyway, I'm just upset about, you know, migrant children
0:40.2	being separated from their parents.
0:42.2	It's all I can really think about.
0:44.2	They can change this with one thing, one move.
0:47.2	It's a policy choice.
0:48.2	Just reverse the policy.
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